Interest rate on new mortgage loans

The annualised agreed interest rate on new euro-denominated loans to households for house purchase, a composite of all initial fixation periods, as reported by banks in euro area countries.

Unit: % per year Frequency: Monthly Coverage: 21 countries and 1 group January 2003 to September 2026 Source: ECB (original data: European Central Bank and national central banks, MFI interest rate statistics)
Highest in September 2026 4.56% Latvia Lowest in September 2026 1.94% Malta
Euro area, September 2026 3.62%p (Provisional value) Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for September 2026 21

21 countries have a value for September 2026, the latest period in the data.

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% per year. Source: ECB statistics. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Interest rate on new mortgage loans (% per year), January 2017 to September 2026 – most recent 40 periods; the CSV has all of them
Period Euro areaGermanyFranceSpain
September 2026 3.62%p (Provisional value) 4.09% 3.19% 2.99%
August 2026 3.60% 4.01% 3.20% 3.04%
July 2026 3.52% 3.93% 3.17% 2.89%
June 2026 3.48% 3.95% 3.16% 2.89%
May 2026 3.45% 3.93% 3.10% 2.85%
April 2026 3.43% 3.84% 3.11% 2.80%
March 2026 3.35% 3.72% 3.10% 2.75%
February 2026 3.37% 3.77% 3.10% 2.75%
January 2026 3.36% 3.77% 3.05% 2.68%
December 2025 3.30% 3.71% 2.99% 2.61%
November 2025 3.30% 3.70% 3.00% 2.63%
October 2025 3.30% 3.71% 2.98% 2.67%
September 2025 3.32% 3.74% 2.99% 2.66%
August 2025 3.33% 3.71% 3.01% 2.68%
July 2025 3.28% 3.68% 3.00% 2.63%
June 2025 3.29% 3.68% 3.00% 2.68%
May 2025 3.30% 3.66% 3.02% 2.71%
April 2025 3.26% 3.69% 3.02% 2.75%
March 2025 3.31% 3.60% 3.05% 2.80%
February 2025 3.33% 3.58% 3.01% 2.87%
January 2025 3.14% 3.52% 3.12% 2.89%
December 2024 3.35% 3.56% 3.14% 2.90%
November 2024 3.44% 3.59% 3.17% 3.04%
October 2024 3.50% 3.65% 3.27% 3.20%
September 2024 3.59% 3.73% 3.33% 3.26%
August 2024 3.69% 3.83% 3.37% 3.38%
July 2024 3.70% 3.92% 3.41% 3.33%
June 2024 3.73% 3.95% 3.44% 3.37%
May 2024 3.76% 3.91% 3.49% 3.47%
April 2024 3.77% 3.86% 3.49% 3.50%
March 2024 3.77% 3.83% 3.50% 3.47%
February 2024 3.83% 3.88% 3.51% 3.62%
January 2024 3.86% 3.85% 3.59% 3.61%
December 2023 4.01% 4.05% 3.60% 3.78%
November 2023 4.06% 4.22% 3.52% 3.85%
October 2023 3.99% 4.18% 3.43% 3.94%
September 2023 3.95% 4.12% 3.36% 3.92%
August 2023 3.90% 4.14% 3.31% 3.93%
July 2023 3.80% 4.02% 3.16% 3.84%
June 2023 3.77% 4.06% 3.04% 3.82%

Flags: p Provisional value . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • Among the 21 countries with a value for September 2026, the highest is Latvia (4.56%) and the lowest Malta (1.94%).
  • Half of the countries are above 3.44% and half below.
  • From August 2026 to September 2026 the value rose in 13 countries and fell in 8.
  • The figure for the euro area was 3.62% in September 2026, against 1.30% in September 2021 (+2.32 percentage points).

About this measure

Definition
The annualised agreed interest rate on new euro-denominated loans to households for house purchase, a composite of all initial fixation periods, as reported by banks in euro area countries.
Population covered
New loans to households for house purchase
Unit
% per year
Frequency
Monthly
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

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  • Covers euro area countries only.

Source and dates

Original producer
European Central Bank and national central banks, MFI interest rate statistics
Distributed by
European Central Bank, ECB Data Portal
Dataset or series code
MIR · dataset details · view at source
Selection
M..B.A2C.A.R.A.2250.EUR.N
Observation period
January 2003 to September 2026
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
ESCB statistics reuse policy
Attribution
Source: ECB statistics, original data: European Central Bank and national central banks, MFI interest rate statistics

Values are shown as published by the ECB. Changes between periods are calculated on this site.

All countries in September 2026 Every value is for September 2026, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Latvia 4.56%
  2. 2 Estonia 4.45%
  3. 3 Lithuania 4.33%
  4. 4 Germany 4.09%
  5. 5 Netherlands 3.90%
  6. 6 Belgium 3.76%
  7. 7 Slovakia 3.74%
  8. 8 Austria 3.64%
  9. 9 Italy 3.60%
  10. 10 Luxembourg 3.55%
  11. 11 Ireland 3.44%
  12. 12 Finland 3.39%
  13. 13 Cyprus 3.26%
  14. 14 Slovenia 3.25%
  15. 15 Greece 3.24%
  16. 16 France 3.19%
  17. 17 Portugal 3.06%
  18. 18 Spain 2.99%
  19. 19 Croatia 2.94%
  20. 20 Bulgaria 2.41%
  21. 21 Malta 1.94%
  22. Euro area 3.62%p (Provisional value)
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